Sri Lanka ... after 7 years or so ...

Today is flying day again ... and I woke up watching Eye Sag in bed and wished I could go back to sleep ... hahaha ... there are days like this ... but at least for once there is no drama. I got up on time, taxi came on time and it was clean. Nice feeling

On the gay side ... isn't it weird that people are saying Eye Sag is generally hot but from day one until now ... I do not think he is good looking ... physically ... or face ... or voice ... lucky for me, right?

The only downer is my right arm. Painful like a bitch!

However, the airport is a salvation. So many young, skinny hotties in uniform. I wished I had a chance to take photo but I dare not any more these days. The face is nothing to shout at. Just the tall slim body with the bubble butt! So many of them. The best is the 3 handling the final gate to the plane. 2 was on duty and 1 came to replace them and all three have this lovely physique that I so favor

And the best part is after we are all inside, the new guard was busy adjusting his pants/ grooming. He was re-tucking in his shirt, shifting his belt and reaching behind to tug at the seat of his trousers ... readjusting his brief/ boxers obviously! He should have asked me to do it for him, eh? Hehehe

And then when I arrived? Same shit. The skinny hot young Sri Lankans are wielding guns in the airport. The older ones are the abusive ones - sigh!

Just like at the Immigration ... not many people ... an elderly lady asked me to approach her counter ... and she said I needed to get a visa ... I said I purchased online and she asked to see and I showed her ... next she claimed it wasn't activated! I was annoyed. She asked me to go see the Chief Immigration Officer in his office but he was not there. I had to go another office and the guy said to wait as the Chief went to breakfast! Can you beat that?

When he came he gave me all sorts of shit and said I applied the wrong number. Hello! Malaysian passport is recognized without the alphabet. He said he will help me out. Then he passed me over to the assistant who asked me for a fee! Just fucking unbelievable!
And when I went out, the pick up was in a Taj car with Taj water. Talk about standards. I had to confirm our destination as I was concerned since this is Sri Lanka

Finally at the resort, I had a welcoming period from the GM Steve who turned out to be ex-Constance. We caught up on news, had lunch, had tea and I went to my gigantic room to rest. It was lovely. I even enjoyed the in-room jacuzzi

Then Sri Lanka intruded yet again. I booked for a body scrub and to my utter horror ... the phone started buzzing and my therapist cut short and told me to rest then shower ... and he stepped into the shower area and started chatting away until I got bored. As I went in, he walked out still talking away on the phone. And finally he handed me the shower materials while continuing to chat on the phone!

When I was done, he put down the phone and offered to do the lotion but his phone started buzzing and he said we are done. Worst part, my 50min plus resting time became a total of 38 minutes and they charged me full price! Horrible experience! And he was hoping for tips as he followed me out!

Dinner was magnificent with Steve and his Mauritian wife. Turns out she had a kid already with someone else before he tied the knot recently with her. Snap! Hahahahahaha!

About the only local cutie in the hotel is the man at the bar. Sigh!

O ya memories of Maldives intruded when I tested room service ... chicken n chips ... came like the little coffee shops in Male ... slab of chicken and a fistful of chips ... chucked onto a plate with a dish of ketchup and that's it! RM40++? I think not

Patience is all you need ...

I am of course going to bitch about work ... is there any other type of bitching? Seriously? Heh!

Umm ... let's see ... it's about S&M. I knew there were challenges and I was anticipating and calling and finding candidates. As expected, once I started emailing Gill Man about shortcomings of his wonderful company ... he couldn't take it and he tore my head off. He asked about me playing games and what-not. I decided not to let it rattle me and played it cool

And guess what? It happened! Thanks to my Creator for guiding me through yet another thorny patch in this work relationship. When Bent resigned, he asked for Sill's help to pretend he is on vacation and crazy Sill helped. Then Sill rejected the recruitment of a DOSM. However, to his surprise, in 24 hours after he made this decision, Kitty Man resigned and said he never wanted to work in this place as it didn't suit his strength. So basically he did nothin for us in the 2 mths he was here except take our money and pretend to work. Now that he has to actually work, he decided to pack it up and go! This is what comes of no background checking and trusting the Bent

So now Sill said he will interview our DOSM candidate on Monday

So that was last night's drama

On a slightly more favorable front, this time it is on FB. It is odd. From out of nowhere, one of the IPDN boys are actually conversing with me and now we exchange full emails several times a day. He even invited me over to visit him and he will walk me around! Hmmm ... he looks quite ... cute? Hahahaha! I know. I am horny

And of course excited that I am going to Sri Lanka for Sunday on a paid vacation-cum-work. Yippeeeeee!

A Whale

I am fat. I was having dinner and saw the reflection of myself in the glass. I am fat as a whale from my side profile. My stomach is jutting out. Kinda depressed. Going to be disciplined. Get up to exercise for at least an hour?

Sigh!

On a separate note, I met up with the DOS, they called him Kit and at 36, he is so cute! I so want to reach down and put my hand on his leg and slowly stroked him around the crotch. After all, he is staying alone in the room tonight

But you know what? I am fat

ARGH!

Makan Time ... and Surprise Gift ...

I am confused ... I do not really understand the significance of my confirmation ... because while it is underwhelming ... and the overall matter of the hotel is progressing but not yet resolved ... I am surprised that for some weird reason, they are all in the mood to celebrate! I am actually worried sick right now should Av/ Ana not go through or go through and there are hiccups!

So what's the surprise?

Dare Man and the Viv came over ... and suddenly brought out a huge box of Selangor Pewter ... of course I was surprised and pleased ... and should be blushing. They encouraged me to open ... and we had a fun time trying to pry the box open ... it was a candle holder ... with a small chunk of pewter at the bottom ... something about Toscano design ... hmmm ... price is about RM350 on the website ... if it had been a photo frame or something ... easier to use ... so I am keeping this in the office ... as display!

In the evening, I went out with the Viv ... we are supposed to have dinner ... but the Wongz hijacked the thing to this Thai place they loved ... it's over the top in terms of taste ... nice for a change but not somewhere I would return ... too much of everything in terms of flavour and design ... and the guy (restaurant manager) kept on saying about his brother etc where he is half Thai and the bro is all Thai ... but you get the feeling they are more soul mates than brothers ...

Especially the part when he mentioned they went to a resort in Langkawi for demo cooking and it was no payment but more of a free vacation for 2 of them to be treated as VIP while the brother worked ... how gay is that?

And speaking of gay ... well ... on that new website? I had a nice time exchanging emails with Tommy (Penang) and someone named Tre...ex (KL) ...

and on FB ... to my utter surprise, this sweet looking chap replied and confirmed me ... and chatted for nearly an hour ... and he is a young policeman in Perak! Hehehehehehe!   

A disappointment ... and a turnaround ... and a nice closure ...

As expected, finally the Dare showed up for work ... and pottering around ... before presenting the contract to me ... not wanting to experience disappointment, I decided not to open and let him blather on and on and on ... he wanted me to think about the future and all that ... I told him I will give them until Feb 2013 and see what happens then ... as I do not like to sit around and pretend to work or play politics ... we discussed a bit on SGC structure ... and again, I get the hint that he is not being sincere and playing games with me i.e he is not as connected as he pretended to be ... even though he is family

In fact, he kept on proclaiming that since he joined ... the one thing anyone can ensure is that meetings that are scheduled are held ... because he has put it in the right context (WTF) ... is he like VP of PA?

Whatever, right?

Then after he left, I opened ... the incentive is what I hoped for a minimum except for the odd cumulative total clause ... which I am uncertain like if I don't hit the cumulative, does it mean I get pay deducted? Ugh ... Increment is average at about 5% ... not even GPT High of 6% or 8% ... or Sill Man's acting allowance ... which means my salary is less than No 1 and 2 at the hotel ...

And then the car allowance is a joke ... my car is already cheap enough ... they give RM350 ... what the F do they hope I buy? I am buying a Proton where 50% is downpayment with remainder on loan and I am covering RM502 a month ... they cannot even give me that? While No 2 in Hotel's car is over RM1k i.e. 3 x mine?!?!?!??!?!

Anyway, in the evening, See Kay Red called to meet up with me ... he wanted to discuss about projects, fixing the property, future, etc ... he said the Board has confidence in me and is planning for me to literally takeover the entire place ... whatever that means ... then he hinted that they may want me to spearhead the entire development with Mr. Wong ... and that the Board is agreeable and do not waste time ... I said bluntly to wait until end of month ... just like what I told Wong ... and he said Wong is a good man to which I agree ... but I said if in SGC I am hesitant as too much politics and too much time wasted covering backs ... I even hinted that I was given wrong info by certain people (the entire time we didn't mention name for this person) ... and that caused me to be weak in my presentation to Hilton as I couldn't overcome this issue of leaseback!

That was why in May, I extended my list to include the BKK company ... I further explained that Hill is good for biz ... my first choice ... but if we want huge reputation for resort ... BKK co is good

And the nice closure? I went out with Glow Girl and Peeing and met Eye Sag for dinner celebrating Glow Girl's birthday today. And See Kay was there and he paid for our meal as well!

Artwork x 3 ...

Let's start with before dawn ... because that is the time that Case Man and Eye Sag came to my place ... I definitely was asleep ... when the doorbell rang ... so after that I sort of drifted in and out of sleep ... and now suffering all day long with headache ... ah well ... it's okay if it's just a day ... at least our entire hotel is over-full! Finally!

Next up ... because I could not sleep in ... I did my third piece of art ... this time it was to show early dawn or late at night ... how a person living in the city would not see the stars ... so I did such a piece ... it didn't come out quite as good as the past 2 weeks ... maybe it is because this time I used typical painting techniques of poster paint that it looks so amateurish ... ah well ...

But at least we venture forth to Sg Pelek for a late breakfast/ lunch ... so that was nice ... pathetic Char Koay Teow saved by really nice Yong Tau Foo ...

And to top it all off, DVD player is finally installed and running and I could watch a movie ... yippeeeeee!

A Beautiful Day ...

Finally, after 5 months of our business dropping like a rock in a bottomless well, we have a week full of functions, VIPs, and all sorts of assorted businesses ... right now ... as I am typing this, the resort is humming with life even in the lobby at 8:00pm!

I met Mr. Wong and he seemed pleased that things run smoothly!

I met Ramani and Chef who saw CK Ang and he seemed generally pleased that things are going well!

And as for me, I had a nice day in KLCC with my sis. We caught a movie and had lunch. I did shopping at Lovely Lace for the hotel ... and hunted down my CUTIE!

He was at first in center court and giving directions. So I sidled next to him. If only it was crowded, I could have squeezed in and pretended to brush him. Hahaha! He was using walkie-talkie 6 and his name tag (finally!) was Tajul. I didn't see him anymore until towards the end when I found out they put him on outside duty! Argh! What a waste. A man as sweet as him should be inside! Sigh! Still same nice butt, same nice uniform, same nice face! Sigh!

One More Step Closer ...

The highlight of today? Meeting with the big G ... after going through the usual in the morning, the Dare drove me down to Shah Alam ... we met with Master W ... had lunch but I can barely eat ... I am always not a big eater before meetings ... and I got annoyed when talking to them because they kept grilling me ... don't they know we have to weigh options? Always trying to see what is the next thing to do ... if we act too fast on one area, another will fall drastically

They are pushing me about the Sill ... and I said if I do that, there is no one else around because Glow woman while good is a corporate figure ... and I am busy travelling ... I just pretended the Dare didn't exist ... the Dare is so ridiculous ... when we have so many problems, his priority is himself ... going for team building and all those management seminars ... and instead of putting that to work ... he is now a speaker in that person's team ... almost like part-time employee! How selfish is that

Anyway the meeting felt a bit flat for me ... so after that I asked the Dare and Master Wong ... they said Gun Man is actually pleased but he is trying to show his calm ... that and the fact that he had a bad meeting before us ... so ours was positive as it showed a light at the end of the tunnel while others are seeding him with negativity ... apparently the Dare and team had told him on Wednesday when I sms them ... and he was pleased already!

So now the next stage of getting more stats from them and visiting their properties ...

And the Dare said Gun Man has signed off my appraisal and rewards and they will discuss with me next week ... he said I am lucky as his is still hanging ... huh! Well, if he only actually work instead of spending the bulk of his hours going on his private business ...

Anyway, he is family! Good for him ...